For seven or eight years, one of the things I’ve looked forward to each March, is the NPPA’s annual Northern Short Course in Photojournalism. I get the pleasure of going because I’ve been speaking there that long, refining and updating my presentations as time, and technology evolve.One of the amazing things about the NSC, is … Read more
If you’ve ever watched someone really boring give a presentation, Donnie Hoye will teach you Photoshop techniques WHILE you’re laughing hysterically. Over a million people have watched his videos, so what you learn will be ingrained into your brain because it will be memorable!Below are links to three of them, he’s done atleast a half-dozen. … Read more
I’ve been doing some watching lately, and it’s become interesting to see Microsoft come late (atleast publically) to the photography bandwagon. I’m not referring to things like Corbis, or PhotoSynth, and so forth. I’m referring to things like their Microsoft Pro Photographer’s Summit, and, more importantly, the campaign they launched two days ago.Information Week has … Read more
Rumors fly left and right. Google is buying the AOL news division once Time Warner does it’s little breakup. Microsoft is buying Yahoo, or, post-no-go, now, it’s Apple is buying Yahoo.Lots of rumors. How do these things potentially impact photographers?Well, let’s look at what will probably happen – Microsoft and Yahoo will come to a … Read more
I read with great interest about Canon’s new patent whereby their camera will actually take a retinal scan of your iris, and produce a biometric signature that the camera will then embed into the photographs, authenticating the images as yours, and aiding in locating who the person is that took the photograph via some form … Read more
Last night, my assignment took me to Alexandria Virginia to cover Sen. McCain’s expected win of the “Potomac Primaries”, also referred to as the “Chesapeake Primaries”. Early there was concern that Gov. Huckabee might win, but, in the end, it was a McCain sweep. While there, I decided to put together a piece I’ve called … Read more
Where do I start? Or, better yet, when will it end? Getty Images(NYSE: GYI)has lost Genevieve Harley (LinkedIn profile), just shy of a 5 year stint at Getty Images doing market development, to take on the title of Director of Sales at PhotoShelter. Clearly, the ink isn’t even dry on this deal, as her LinkedIn … Read more
Say you’re a couple of guys who pride themselves on phrases in their bio’s like “He cut his teeth at Web 0.1 companies like HotWired and Electric Minds, but didn’t learn” ( Derek Powazek, Official Title: Chief Idea Guy and “Wouldn’t it be cool if…” Officer), or a coder who clearly had too much time … Read more
When we last discussed Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) we were predicting lots of “oh, we can’t discuss that” responses when the notion of a sale was brought up. True to form, JDK said just about that, when asked by the analysts, and it was a nice distraction from the otherwise mediocre-at-best news out of their … Read more
I take solace in the fact that I am an accredited photojournalist, and I carry press credentials to that effect. Among those I carry are the bonafide offical press identification cards issued to be by the ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers), WHNPA (White House News Photographer’s Association), and NPPA (National Press Photographer’s Association), and … Read more
